Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test Day 2 Live Score Updates

Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test Day 2 Live Updates: Australia aim to keep their start solid against Pakistan on the second day of the third and final Test match at Sydney Cricket Ground. The hosts will resume their innings at 6 for 0, trailing Pakistan by 307 runs. David Warner (6 not out) and Usman Khawaja (0 not out) will aim to hold both the ends tight. Earlier, top knocks from Mohammad Rizwan and Aamer Jamal helped Pakistan post 313 despite a five-wicket haul from Pat Cummins. Opting to bat first, Pakistan lost back-to-back wickets before Rizwan smashed 88 runs. Later, Jamal gave the finishing touch with his knock of 82 runs. (Live Scorecard)

Right then, Australia are 307 runs behind and will begin their innings fresh on Day 2 with their two openers. David Warner will once again be in the spotlight but so will this whole game as Pakistan will try to come hard at the Aussies and pick up early wickets. Join us on Thursday at 5 am IST (11.30 pm GMT) for all the action. However, you can also catch our build-up to Day 2 which will begin a lot sooner. Cheers!

After the Lunch interval, Mohammad Rizwan shifted gears extremely well and took on Nathan Lyon which allowed Agha Salman to settle in and the pair put on 96 big runs to get Pakistan out of trouble. However, Australia came back strongly and picked up wickets right before Tea and Rizwan fell short of a hundred by 12 runs. There was some resistance after Tea but once again skipper Pat Cummins ripped through the next three wickets in quick succession, leaving Pakistan at 227/9. With everything stacked against him, Aamer Jamal played one of the knocks of the series as he went on a rampage on scored 82 runs before eventually bowing out.

Day 1 started with Shan Masood opting